Photoconsortium Annual Event, hosted by CRDI. Public seminar and general assembly.

img. Ajuntament de Girona, Vista exterior de l’absis de la Catedral de Girona, Public Domain.

Hosted by Photoconsortium member CRDI, the 2017 Annual Event of Photoconsortium is organized in the beautiful city of Girona (Spain), seat of an important audiovisual archive of millions photographs, films, hours of video and hours of sound recordings, mostly from private sources.

The archive is managed by CRDI, a body of the city Municipality created in 1997 with the mission to discover, protect, promote, provide and disseminate cinematographic and photographic heritage of the city of Girona.

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Trans-Atlantic and Intra-American slave trade database available for consulation

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Gastronomy, hunting, perfume-makers, tapestry carried out using techniques handed down from hundreds of years

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the online survey is open until 25 October, join in to make your voice heard

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a community project to connect people by creating an online home rich in contents

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